The Millennium Project Italy Node, coordinated by University of Padua through IUSVE and in consultation with The Millennium Project, invites experts to join a survey on “New forms of visual communication of scenarios in Delphi-Based research“.

Main aim of this survey is to evaluate different types of AI-generated visual communication of future scenarios. Three distinct and alternative modalities are hereby investigated: i) photos; ii) illustrations; iii) video. They were created from the original textual scenarios by using content generation tools based on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

If you are an expert of Futures Studies and/or Artificial Intelligence, we would really like to include your opinion. The questionnaire will ask you to compare alternative modalities of visual communication and to evaluate them on the basis of criteria such as consistency, plausibility, clarity, simplicity.

The questionnaire lasts a few minutes and is available at the following link: https://indagini.stat.unipd.it/index.php/678365?lang=en 
The deadline for submitting your answer is September 8, 2024. 

The answers will be anonymous. You can receive the results of the study by leaving your e-mail when filling the first part of the form. The results of the survey will be used by IUSVE for scientific publications and further experiments and research. 

The study, coordinated by Prof. Mario Bolzan (University of Padua and Italy Node member), is funded by IUSVE and developed in consultation with The Millennium Project and its Italy Node. Other members of the research project are: Simone Di Zio Simone (G. D’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara and The Millennium Project Italy Node Co-Chair), Scioni Manuela (University of Padua), Marco Marozzi (University of Ferrara), Davide and Andrea Barbato (Salesian University Institute of Venice), Yuri Calleo (University College Dublin), Mara Di Berardo (The Millennium Project Comms Director and Italy Node Co-Chair).

This survey is part of the “Tomorrow in Family” project, carried out over the past five years by University of Padua. Specifically, the research was conducted 5 years ago to build future scenarios on the family in Northeastern Italy over a 10-year horizon. Please consider that the survey is focused on the AI-generated visual communication, not on the contents of the scenarios. 

For more information on the research project, please contact Prof. Mario Bolzan (Project Coordinator, mario.bolzan@unipd.it) or Mara Di Berardo (MaraDiBerardo@millennium-project.org). If you have problems accessing the questionnaire, please contact Manuela Scioni (Research team member, scioni@stat.unipd.it).